The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.) by
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Marquez At His Best - A Masterpiece
One of Gabriel García Márquezs most intricate and ambitious works, The
Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the
corruption of power.
From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme
cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and
the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master
of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of
his own dictator-ship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and
overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a
world that is at once fanciful and real.

Personal Review: The Autumn of the Patriarch (P.S.) by Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
This novel, written in a stream of incessant imagery of beauty and cruelty,
is a masterpeice of narrative skill. One must be 'in the mood' to tackle the
work which is dense and whose language is difficult at first. I say at first
because, once underway, and the narrative understood, the book unfolds
like a dream.
This book is a testament to Marquez's skill. The events that take place
(three hundred donkey-pulled pianos falling into a ravine/ the attempt to
hide two thousand children)are almost beyond comprehension. I finished
the book last night and was beside myself. The use of language and
imagery will stay with me forever. This book alone should've earned
Marquez his Nobel prize.
And don't think the style of the novel is pretensious or used to make
something easy difficult. There are many literary devices at play but all to
serve the purpose of the story.
This book should also be interesting for anyone curious about the
lonliness and insanity of despotism.
And don't be fooled by Oprah and the critics, 'One Hundred Years of
Solitude' is NOT his best book by any means. "The Autumn of the
Patriarch" is where 'magical-realism' really comes to life.
For anyone intersted in contemporary literature or something wholly
original, this novel is a must.
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